Apparatus for storing eggs



. s. c. CROSS APPARATUS FOR STORING EGGS Filed April 2, 1921 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 I /Z 4 S. C. CROSS APPARATUS FOR STORING EGGS Get. 9, 1923. 1,469,897

Filed April 2, 1921 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 gnuenfo'o 6H0: new? Patented Get; 9, 1923i Eff. v

' 'sAM ELoicaRK canes,-

. APPARATUS Eon STORING 1 Application filedApril 2,;

citizen of the United "States,

Be it known'that I, SAMUEL CLAR CROSS, residing at Washington, Districtof Columbia, have invented .certain; new and useful Improvements in'Apparatus forstoring "Eggs, of-

whiclithe following is aspecificatiom ifhis' invention relates to certain improve" ments in the method and apparatus for storage of eggs-and ithas particular relation to that class of such devices which are designed 1 As is well known,'. the purpose of m-(imore particularly for household use.

' structure of the eggs. In this way the'muscles ofithe egg are not strained beyond their limit of elasticity the.yolk does not become mixedwith the White of the egg-but retains its normal position in the l shellan'd dete rioration of the egg is'ohvialted: Devices of this kin'd'heretofore constructed have been 'ers in eggs who keep 'great quantities of I p represents the outer shellor casing, of the '30 housewife.

, housewife can use for the storage of a commade for the use rather. of wholesale deal them in storage or for the use of large establishmeuts, such as h'otels hospitals, etc. where the storage rooms are large and each contain severalegg storing machines, which are 7 rather large and heavy however for family use. 7

'One of the objects Ihaye in view. there p ler machine; one of'lightweight which the par-atively large amount of eggs for av family of the usualsi ze but of small amount of eggs as compared With what a large hotel would, useymymachine for instance, t would not be necessary to-lfill more, than a three times a year tosufiiceithe family. V

' In order to make-this practicable I'have found it necessary tomakeuse of quitea number ofbaskets each positioned within the main supporter andnone of them of great size. These can be: each separately lifted therefrom and readily :handledwith outanv great exertion on the;p art of thev Withthese andlother fobjects in viewv which may be incident to my improvements, the invention consists in-the parts and combinations tobe hereinafter, setforth and or wasnrnerorr, Disrrnrcr orcoLfiIaera;

claimed; 'with the, understanding 7 that the a several elementscomprising my invention, maybe varied n construction,proportions.'

and arrangement, without departing from the spirit and scope or" the appended claims;

l orde t e 1 my. invention m e i, clearly understood, I have show i th companying drawings means for carrying 'f limthe same into practical v effect, without ,iting the lmpro-vements in their'usefulapplications to the particular constructions, 1

b made the subjectofillustratio-n. 1 Y

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which for the purpose'of explanation, have igure l is a vertical crioss-sectionahview of my device;

Figure. 2 is aside theeggs are held in place.

elevation of my is 1 partly in sectionso as to show the-construc- V Figure?) is a plan viewof my device, with part of the top broken away. H Figure 4 is a detached view of p-art ofan] V 8Q egg-basket.

. Figure 5 is a sectional viewjofa modified:

form of egg basket, and i Figure 6 is a plan iew thereof; 7 Referr ng to the drawings,- the numeral 1 containen;preferably made ofisheet metal whose sides fare straight and whosebott'om 2 is rounded into the straightside's; At,

each end ofthe structureand also halfway between the ends are .attachedj-to the-lower 3 upon which thecasing rests This-pon chine by I solder or in any other; suitable manner. i

metal and secured to'the body of thema i The taper a machine is an aea:

lid lyattached to one edgeaof the casingiat the point 5 1by hinges; 6 -andflthe opposite edge thereof is b ent'downwardly at right anglesto the plane'of the top-as toi snugly thereover and is provided at rone or more points-along edge withahingdt't v clasp 8 fitting over the hasp; 9 attached to r the b'odyzof the machine so that when the top or lid is-downit may befsecured and held in place. At 10 is showna small iron if l holding bar, pivoted at llto the endio ffth'e 1 structuref This bar" has another member 10.?

pivoted to it: at 121 and folded behind: The'purpose of these barssis simply to'hold t e lid' up when it i r i e n e amest similargto the waythe top ofja" trunk is ordinarilyheld in place when raised, and

this feature forms no part fn1y inventi'on-.- fere s te-F s r fl-the ll gg;

fsup'porter comprises a box like structure I: which includes three disks 1.3, onene'areach end of the outer casing and one in the middie; thetthree being connectedby central partition plates leandby side plates le v two sections an'd 16. The two end disks basket.

Thefdisks thus dividing the supporter into areeaehp mdea 011 the outer sidewith two small-circular plates 17 riveted or otherwise suitably secured thereto and carrylng each a stud shaft 18 which revolves within a bearing 19 attachedtothe inner side of; the outer casing so as toenable the revolutron of the egg supporter within-the" outer "CZISIIIQ.

section and above the}? artition plateare three egg baskets" and belowarethe same number;

Each of th'ese baskets; is capable of holding crosswise six eggs and lengthwise six eggs, making a total of thirty-six eggs .in each The .main supporter i's further provided above and below on eachide there- I of with additional and auxiliary egg sup ports A313, C, D, each adapted to hold twenty-four eggs, thus making a; total of three hundred and thirty-two eggs for each of the two'sections, or atotal ttor th machine'cf six hundred and sixty-four eggs; As. will be noted while the OlltQlfClICUlllference of the egg support is of cyhndrical configuration the construction and arrange ment or theiegg baskets v'vithin. the support difiersfro1n the outer casing. That is to.

.say, shape 'the'rnain egg supporter is square in having a top orlid 2O hinged at 21 and having a clasp 22' and hasp 23 Each auxiliary egg supporter A, B, C, D; is also similar :constructed save that the upper corners 24- 01- each are bevelled off to enable each of them to fitfwithin the outer cy-' lindric'al cover. Atiour equidistant points on the circunn arenas of the end disks are notches 25, 26,

27 and 28 andwithin'the outerca'sing and at the upper ends thereof are pivoted catches 29 which fit; into the'notches and jstationarily'holds the disk. It-willalso be noted that the main egg'supporter and t-hefaux' i'liary egg upporters are each provided with numerous apertures or openings3O in order to enable'the water glass with i which the outer casing is filled to flow through every portion of theegg supporters and thor- 1. oughly cover' and protect. allthe eggs posi '7 tioned therein'.. s v

, 1 TheTwire'baskets inwhich the eggs pare contained are quite similar in general con: struction to 'the'lordinar'y wire desk basket gsavefthat; the ends and sides do not flare but are strictlyvertical' so thatonebasket' .i'nay be set uponanother; 5 The interiorarea Thesupporter is or square shape in cross- (two in number) passing ilengthwise through the basket on "each side of'each egg so that each egg is positioned in a little thus entirely protected from breakage by reason of any jar because of the fact that the'penin" which it is placed v is but slightly larger than} the"; area it ooof; the basket, however, ispartitioned as by cross wires31==(two* in number) passingi transversely through the basket at'each end Jofeach egg and-bylongitudinal wires 32 .7 0

'cupiesr These additional wi r'es are gindis cated dotted lines in Figures" and '2.

y In Figures .5; and 6 1 shown modified constructionofegg basket. In this instance the basket is rna'de. of curved-or fluted. sheet metal, the eggslying in the curves. I-There are two cross' wirestransverselyfthroughthe fluted portion at each end: of eachegg, similar tO thQ cross wires" in -the 'all-wire baskets I and this form of construction is preferredby some'user's, but either IEQIl'II is furnished to the trade as desired. f

Each machineincludes-one-irevoluble @18 ment divided intotwo sections; and the two sections, precisely alike are' divided into compartments;

The manner'fof storing the eggs is has" b lb 7 V c The lid 4: of the outer ca sing is lifted and held in position the holding bars and. 10. lhe "lid of the basket beneath the cars ing lid (with itslauxil'ia'ry'egg supporter 1.

r on top)' is then raised,' the" three egg baskets beneath. are 'then lifte'd out, various. in-

dividual' 'ce'lls in the'baskets eachfilledwith I 7 an egg andthe baskets replaced, the first be ing placed upon the central partition in the Y supporter andfthe' other two positioned one on top of the other, the respective outer walls a of each basketresting upon the wallsof the one beneath it. *The" lid of the basket is then lowered and-thejsame tightly secured by means of its clasp. The lid] of the auxiliary basket'located upon the lid just closed is then lifted-,the proper nuniber of f eggs placed therein whereupon the lid of procedure is used n fiu ing the auxiliary side basket as wasjus'ed in the last auxil-iary basket. The main egg supporter is then given another quarter revolution when the catch drops into the next notch and m ssin V is gonethrough with as in filling p V procedure the first three baskets ofthe niain eggisupf porter and its. auxiliary basket The 'angular. i

catch is againlifted, the main supporter given another quarter revolution, when. the next p and the sa ne filled as the previoussidebasket the auxiliary side basket is reached filling of the entire section with eggs has f been completed. The baskets after being filled with eggs are placed in the compartments and the lid to each fastened. When one section is filled then the next section is similarly filled and the container is, then filled with water glass up to the line ments and is all that is necessary to keep the eggs in good condition.

I claim as my 1nvention:

1. An apparatus for storing eggs comprising a stationary outer casing, a main revolub'le egg container mounted within the outer casing, means to hold the eggs stationary Within said container as it revolves, and auxiliary containers mounted upon the main container and revoluble With the main container. i

2. An apparatus for storing eggs comprising a stationary outer casing, a revoluble egg container mounted Within the outer casing, comprising box like compartments for holding the eggs stationary Within said container as it revolves.

3. An apparatus for storing eggs comprising a stationary outer casing, a main revoluble egg container mounted Within the outer casing divided into box like compartments for holding one or more receptacles for eggs, and auxiliary containers mounted upon the main container and revoluble. With the main container. v V

4. An apparatus for storing eggs comprising an outer casing, a main revoluble egg container mounted Within said outer casing and divided into box like compartments, a

basket for eggs in each compartment, auxile iary containers mounted upon the main contWo or three Weeks, the top of thetainer and. revoluble' thereivith,said main o container and auxiliary containers each being provided With apertures to permit preserving liquid placed Within the casing I the main and 'aux ilifaryicon' 1 to flow ithin: 7 tainers and cover the eggs,

"ii/An apparatus for storingeggs'fcom prising anouter casing, a main 'revo-lublef egg container therein divided intoj ooznlike compartments for egg receptacles each with liquid placed Within the, casing to flow withl:

in the main and auxiliary containers and cover the eggs. 1

6. An apparatus for storing eggs comprisa hinged lid and means to securely hold the ing an outer casing, a main revoluble egg container therein divided into box-like compartments for egg receptacleseach With a iinged lid and means to securely hold the lid in place, and auxiliary containers mount-.

ed upon the main container each With a hinged lid and means to securely hold its lid in place, the main'container and the auxiliary containers each'having apertures therein to permit preserving liquid placed in the casing to flow Within the main and auxiliary containers and cover the eggs.

7. In an apparatus for storing-eggs, the

a main: casing dicombination With'an outer casing, revoluble egg contalnerwith the vided into box-like compartments, andauxiliary containers mounted upon the main contamer, of egg baskets placed inthe compartments of said main and aux liary COIllJfilIlQIS,

each such basket comprising Wirejsid'es, j bottoms and ends, with transverse and'lona gitudinal Wires dividing eachbasket into. a Q

plurality of individual cells in such manner, i single egg and protect it against breakage that each cell Will hold securely in place a as the main container revolves.

In testimony whereof I afiiX my signature.

SAMUEL CLARK CROSS; 

